The goal of this set of analyses is to take a deeper dive into the 2019 Seattle calls for service data. To follow up on the preliminary exploratory analysis, we will focus on three types of cases - Disturbance, Suspicious person, and trespass - as well as one type of case resolution - No possible action possible. The questions we want to address here include the following?
- Where did the three types of cases occur?
- How were these three types of cases resolved?
- Does the type of resolution differ by location?
- What types of cases were cleared without police action?
- Where are the cases that were resolved without police action located?
Focal Case Types
Table 1: Frequency of Focal Case Types
| Disturbance |
92,398 |
| Suspicious Person |
48,878 |
| Trespass |
24,500 |
Table: Calls By Precinct for all 3 Case Types
| NORTH |
50,612 |
30.53 |
| WEST |
46,365 |
27.97 |
| EAST |
26,527 |
16.00 |
| SOUTH |
24,735 |
14.92 |
| SOUTHWEST |
17,514 |
10.57 |
Table: Calls By Precinct & Case Type
| Disturbance |
SOUTH |
14,334 |
57.95 |
| Disturbance |
SOUTHWEST |
10,041 |
57.33 |
| Disturbance |
EAST |
15,185 |
57.24 |
| Disturbance |
WEST |
26,186 |
56.48 |
| Disturbance |
NORTH |
26,649 |
52.65 |
| Suspicious Person |
SOUTHWEST |
6,346 |
36.23 |
| Suspicious Person |
NORTH |
17,990 |
35.54 |
| Suspicious Person |
SOUTH |
7,639 |
30.88 |
| Suspicious Person |
EAST |
6,920 |
26.09 |
| Suspicious Person |
WEST |
9,963 |
21.49 |
| Trespass |
WEST |
10,216 |
22.03 |
| Trespass |
EAST |
4,422 |
16.67 |
| Trespass |
NORTH |
5,973 |
11.80 |
| Trespass |
SOUTH |
2,762 |
11.17 |
| Trespass |
SOUTHWEST |
1,127 |
6.43 |
Table: Calls By Precinct & Case Type
| Disturbance |
SOUTH |
SAM |
5,382 |
68.0 |
| Disturbance |
WEST |
DAVID |
6,746 |
60.4 |
| Disturbance |
SOUTHWEST |
WILLIAM |
5,103 |
59.3 |
| Disturbance |
EAST |
EDWARD |
7,413 |
58.0 |
| Disturbance |
EAST |
GEORGE |
3,980 |
57.2 |
| Disturbance |
WEST |
KING |
9,008 |
57.0 |
| Disturbance |
EAST |
CHARLIE |
3,792 |
55.8 |
| Disturbance |
SOUTHWEST |
FRANK |
4,931 |
55.4 |
| Disturbance |
NORTH |
UNION |
6,600 |
55.3 |
| Disturbance |
SOUTH |
ROBERT |
5,498 |
54.8 |
| Disturbance |
WEST |
QUEEN |
4,901 |
54.5 |
| Disturbance |
NORTH |
LINCOLN |
5,282 |
54.4 |
| Disturbance |
NORTH |
NORA |
5,538 |
54.4 |
| Disturbance |
WEST |
MARY |
5,531 |
53.3 |
| Disturbance |
NORTH |
BOY |
5,850 |
51.1 |
| Disturbance |
SOUTH |
OCEAN |
3,451 |
50.8 |
| Disturbance |
NORTH |
JOHN |
3,379 |
46.0 |
| Suspicious Person |
NORTH |
JOHN |
3,098 |
42.1 |
| Suspicious Person |
NORTH |
BOY |
4,364 |
38.1 |
| Suspicious Person |
SOUTHWEST |
FRANK |
3,350 |
37.6 |
| Suspicious Person |
SOUTHWEST |
WILLIAM |
2,987 |
34.7 |
| Suspicious Person |
NORTH |
UNION |
4,075 |
34.1 |
| Suspicious Person |
SOUTH |
OCEAN |
2,265 |
33.4 |
| Suspicious Person |
SOUTH |
ROBERT |
3,344 |
33.3 |
| Suspicious Person |
NORTH |
NORA |
3,367 |
33.1 |
| Suspicious Person |
NORTH |
LINCOLN |
3,086 |
31.8 |
| Suspicious Person |
EAST |
CHARLIE |
2,009 |
29.6 |
| Suspicious Person |
WEST |
QUEEN |
2,632 |
29.2 |
| Suspicious Person |
EAST |
GEORGE |
1,903 |
27.3 |
| Suspicious Person |
SOUTH |
SAM |
2,025 |
25.6 |
| Suspicious Person |
WEST |
DAVID |
2,691 |
24.1 |
| Suspicious Person |
EAST |
EDWARD |
3,008 |
23.6 |
| Suspicious Person |
WEST |
MARY |
2,021 |
19.5 |
| Suspicious Person |
WEST |
KING |
2,619 |
16.6 |
| Trespass |
WEST |
MARY |
2,827 |
27.2 |
| Trespass |
WEST |
KING |
4,184 |
26.5 |
| Trespass |
EAST |
EDWARD |
2,350 |
18.4 |
| Trespass |
WEST |
QUEEN |
1,467 |
16.3 |
| Trespass |
SOUTH |
OCEAN |
1,071 |
15.8 |
| Trespass |
WEST |
DAVID |
1,738 |
15.6 |
| Trespass |
EAST |
GEORGE |
1,077 |
15.5 |
| Trespass |
EAST |
CHARLIE |
995 |
14.6 |
| Trespass |
NORTH |
LINCOLN |
1,337 |
13.8 |
| Trespass |
NORTH |
NORA |
1,268 |
12.5 |
| Trespass |
NORTH |
JOHN |
874 |
11.9 |
| Trespass |
SOUTH |
ROBERT |
1,186 |
11.8 |
| Trespass |
NORTH |
BOY |
1,230 |
10.7 |
| Trespass |
NORTH |
UNION |
1,264 |
10.6 |
| Trespass |
SOUTHWEST |
FRANK |
617 |
6.9 |
| Trespass |
SOUTH |
SAM |
505 |
6.4 |
| Trespass |
SOUTHWEST |
WILLIAM |
510 |
5.9 |
Table: Resolution by Precinct
| SOUTH |
Disturbance |
14,334 |
57.95 |
| SOUTH |
Suspicious Person |
7,639 |
30.88 |
| SOUTH |
Trespass |
2,762 |
11.17 |
| EAST |
Disturbance |
15,185 |
57.24 |
| EAST |
Suspicious Person |
6,920 |
26.09 |
| EAST |
Trespass |
4,422 |
16.67 |
| SOUTHWEST |
Disturbance |
10,041 |
57.33 |
| SOUTHWEST |
Suspicious Person |
6,346 |
36.23 |
| SOUTHWEST |
Trespass |
1,127 |
6.43 |
| WEST |
Disturbance |
26,186 |
56.48 |
| WEST |
Suspicious Person |
9,963 |
21.49 |
| WEST |
Trespass |
10,216 |
22.03 |
| NORTH |
Disturbance |
26,649 |
52.65 |
| NORTH |
Suspicious Person |
17,990 |
35.54 |
| NORTH |
Trespass |
5,973 |
11.80 |
Other Descriptive Statistics
The majority of calls come from 911. However, the distribution of calls looks a little different for suspicious person reports compared to disturbance and trespass reports. The table below shows that over one-quarter of suspicious-person calls come in via another telephone number, whereas 21% of the reports for trespass and disturbance come in via some other telephone number.
Cases where no police action was possible or necessary
No police action was deemed possible or necessary for 19,290 calls.
